Lego’s WeDo 2.0 a bundle of joy

By Sarah Duggan
Published May 19, 2016

LEGO Education has launched its visionary new robot learning system – WeDo 2.0 – and it might just revolutionise primary STEM education.

Navigating ones way through the ever-growing smorgasbord of the latest tech gizmos, gadgets, apps and related paraphernalia designed to hook ...

This story appeared in the Term 2, 2016 edition of TechnologyEd.

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Lego’s WeDo 2.0 a bundle of joy

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